March 25, 2008

Paris in March, part 2!

Some sketches from my small accordion notebook, as well as a couple of pencil portraits of darling Claire Toussaint, Casey's daughter, who looks as if she stepped out of a quattrocento painting! I did NOT do her justice, but, you know, I tried. She's promised to sit for me again, though, so all is not lost!

Here are both of my recent small accordion sketchbooks, for comparison. The top one is the Parisian one; the bottom one is from Hawaii.

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Laura,
Your study of (what I believe to be) le Grand Palais in Paris holds my attention every time I visit your site. It is interesting that it is framed in tree branches because that is how I saw everything along the Seine - whether it was winter or spring, they seem to add to the essence of the Paris experience.

What I really admire though are your studies of Claire. Wonderful drawings! I believe a student of drawing can look at these and learn from all of the elements of drawing (and art) that are oozing out of these works. Very nice, indeed!

What a lovely set of drawings! It must be super to live where you are, to traipse around to see things that are tiny and the larger view. I never got to Paris - I booked a ticket when I was 23, but went to Fiji instead!
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Thank you, thank you, dear commenters! Claire, really IS that pretty, don't let her try to bamboozle you. She's prettier, even! And so witty, as you can tell ;D. Pica, I sent you an email. Sarah and Elaine, I'm thrilled to see you here. Sandy, you'll have to wait and see--it's very like Hawaii and entirely different, too ;D. Linda M, you and Claire would make quite a pair! Nobody within earshot of you two would have a dry eye, due to excessive hilarity.